Re: System organization preference question

From: Hoff Hoffman (hoff_at_hp.nospam)
Date: 04/30/04 

Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 22:10:56 GMT

In article <b4o290ptg2jpuvheehhmasjkb7kcfhc2tl@4ax.com>, Jack Fortune <jfortune@uoregon.edu> writes:
:How have others configured their cluster?

  I prefer to keep files outside the system directories when supporting
  production environments, leaving "stub" files for SYSTARTUP_VMS.COM
  and such. SYLOGICALS mounts the "personality" disk, and subsequent
  parts of the startup chain to the files located on that shared disk.
  This so that a cluster with multiple system disks has a central disk
  (potentially shadowed, of course) containing the cluster "personality",
  and a central spot where upgrades can be performed, and a way to contend
  with one or more system disks being off-line during rolling upgrades.

  For workstations and one-offs -- environments not being managed for
  production -- I do typically leave the files in the default location.

  A home-grown PCSI kit does makes it far easier to install and to upgrade
  the site-specific files, regardless of where the files are located.
  Such a product-like management of the site-specific files is something
  particularly useful when managing multiple nodes and/or multiple clusters.

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